The objective of this project is to facilitate greater visibility into the independent retail market. You will find the sales templates here as well as a button to add a document. This is where you will provide your communication and sales reporting quarterly.
This portal will be used to easily keep track of progress as we move forward with the introduction of the product and company to the network.
Hi Michelle: so our sell sheet is posted and the email blast went out as planned yesterday, right?
So how long will it be before we/you start getting any inquiries? The reason that I ask is because we would like to start creating our own email romtions, but I dn’t want to be too pushy.
I will be on the lookout for any emails from “account manager” regarding inquiries and will start to report them. How often do we need to send you the updated Excel spreadsheet again?
Hi Again Michelle: I just had a chence to look at the list of independent natural grocers in Florida and there must be something wrong with the search engine. There were only 2 listings in the entire State. That cannot be correct, is it?
Hello,
Thank you for reaching out. Our outreach has begun and I will be posting the results of our eblast before end of day Thursday. Please continue to keep checking this page as there may be additional interest coming well into the next few weeks.
Once you start receiving these leads, we require the reporting on at minimum of on a quarterly basis, however you can upload it as often as you’d like for us to review.
In regards to our directory, this is a breathing list so it is possible that some states will have variying contacts. Please note, these lists do also change frequently as new retailers are added or removed daily.
Thank you and please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Hi Michelle: Thanks for your response. I figured out that I needed to type in the State’s abbreviation instead of typing in the full name of the State. Thus, I found many more retailers in Florida. My apologies.
I have already received one contact this morning from a store in Brooklyn, so I will be getting in touch with them later today once we have documented the way that they will buy from our Shopify site.
We hope you are having a good day so far. These are some of the people that have shown interest by clicking to learn more about the line through the eblast, however they did not enter their information in the lead form once they landed on the sell sheet. I am able to pull the emails associated with the accounts from my end. Please keep detailed communication notes while you are reaching out as they may not all be a good fit for your product line. As we discussed on our Product Education Call, we are going to need reporting from your end, which you can upload directly to your dashboard. Please note that the contacts were contacted through the retail association and are not familiar with our company Mr. Checkout.
tjhoffner@delallo.com
mstarr@plainfield-township.com
grocery@fiddleheadsfood.coop
jeff@delallo.com
jellis@buehlers.com
tom.wiemer@spiegelhoffs.com
cheryl@goodfoodstore.com
moneyroom10808@agne.com
jason.harding@superamart.com
vmpurchasing@southern.edu
fran@delallo.com
plannon@atkinsfarms.com
marketingteam@ashlandfood.coop
greers33@greers.com
bmargolis@cooperbooth.com
jeffh@bfsal.com
judd@portersthriftway.com
jzagara@zmp1936.com
maryellen@atkinsfarms.com
info@netcostmarket.com
We try to make this as easy as possible with templates you can find here: https://mrcheckout.net/sales-report-templates/
Please let me know if you have any trouble reaching them, Keep us updated on your progress.
Hello,
I’m glad to hear that you’ve received a sample request and look forward to seeing the feedback you receive from this lead as well as the leads posted above. Please keep me updated as we discussed and have a great rest of your day.
We just uploaded an Excel spreadsheet showing the dispositionof the leads that you have sent us so far.
1) the 1 lead that contacted us directly in Brooklyn; he has been sent samples
2) the 18 other companies for which you sent us emails; these are people who clicked on the “Learn More” to the email blast. 3 of them are viable candidates for our products, 5 are not in your directory and 10 do not sell supplements.
We are starting to have serious doubts about the accuracy of the list for our business. You mentioned a pharmacy list. Can we get access to that one too?
Lastly, you mentioned that these people would not recognize that we are working with Mr. Checkout. So what exactly does that brand (and the money we paid) bring to this business?
Hello,
Thank you for the updated report. I see you’ve labeled some as “do not sell supplements”, were you able to speak with the contacts and confirm they were not interested in the product line? We do ask that you attempt outreach to ensure no opportunities will be missed.
In regards to the few that were not located in the directory, I will have our team look into these contacts and send you any updates we obtain.
As discussed on our product education call, these retailers are apart of our national retailer association and Mr. Checkout is simply the parent company to this association. This is why we suggest reaching out on behalf of the association rather than Mr. Checkout.
Please continue to keep me updated on the feedback you receive from your samples, the continued outreach to the few you’ve deemed viable as well as an report with the details on your communication with those marked as “do not sell supplements”
Thank you and have a great rest of your day.
Hi: Regarding the companies that I labeled “do not sell supplements”, I went to each of the stores associated with the emails that you sent us (got the store name from your list) and looked at what they show as their products online. “Do Not Sell supplements’ means that there was no tab on their store website for “health”, “vitamins” or “supplements” or anything related to our product set.
I had also inquired about the pharmacy list that you mentioned in our call. Can you give us access to that list as well?
Hello,
In regards to the stores you’ve researched, we still request that you reach out to all provided leads to ensure no opportunities will be missed. Remember, it can take 3-5 attempts before getting connected and we know persistence will be key when you’re conducting your follow up. We also suggest phone follow up as we’ve found exclusivley using email to follow up is underwhelming for sales.
As discussed on our product education call, once we see the feedback we receive from the grocery association from this eblast as well as our next round of phone outreach, then we can start discussing moving the line to the pharmacy association with an official introduction.
Thank you and I look forward to seeing how your outreach progresses.
All of your suggestions are great for a company that has a sales staff. I am one person and I certaunly expected more from your organization that sales tips.
I am trying to get into the Natural Grocer directory and cannot do so. Please help.
Hello,
I’ve received your email regarding the issue logging into our directory. I’ve logged you out from the inside and you should be able to access the page now. If you log in and it directs you to the main association page, you simply add back the “/directory/” to the URL to go back to the directory. Please note, if it asks you to log back in, do not log in again, but simply refresh the page to load the directory.
Please let me know if you continue to have issues and I’ll assist you where I can.
Thanks so much for the above reply. I juts tried adding in the /directory/ to the url and it throws me back to the Login page
Okay, just got in…thanks.
Hello,
Not a problem, I’m happy you’re able to log in. Please let me know if you continue to have trouble and I’ll assist where I can.
Have a great rest of your week.
Just checking in to see how your outreach is going with the list of interested leads we sent. Can you please send me the details notes from your outreach? We require quarterly reporting at a minimum to keep our agreement active.
These conversations are crucial for our operation and allow us to get a better understanding of how the conversations are going.
The details required are dates of outreach, method of outreach (call,text,email) and details of the final outcome.
If you did send or plan to send samples, please be sure to include the dates the samples are sent and are delivered. Please also include the follow up details on how the retailers felt about the samples.
Having this information will help us determine who the best retailers are for your product and company.
Please let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to hearing from you.
After meeting with my team this morning we have come up with the following conclusion that without reporting and communication as stipulated in the agreement, the contract is considered terminated by your company. This is not the outcome that we wanted at the onset of this agreement and we do our best to convey this in our agreement, through this dashboard and conversations early on. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
